Isabelle Eichenberger and Rolf Amiet are given a guided tour of the Ravire Château by owner Michel Savioz, a wine producer who knows how to add extra character to the very old vines of the Rhône Valley. (Production: Daniel Wihler, swissinfo.ch)
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The highs and lows of canton Valais
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On their heels came ordinary tourists, merely seeking a glimpse of the alpine giants. Poor alpine villages such as Zermatt, Saas Fee and the spa town of Leukerbad were transformed into fashionable resorts, which to this day have retained a certain amount of authenticity. Verbier and Crans-Montana rose out of the ashes in the latter…
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Winegrowing has a long tradition in Visperterminen. Archaeologists have determined that Celts dabbled with grapes there. “No one knows for sure when winegrowing began here,” Pirmin Heinzmann told swissinfo.ch. “At any rate I wasn’t around.” Heinzmann, born in Visperterminen in 1945, has been cellarmaster at the St Jodern cellars at Europe’s highest vineyard since 1980.…
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